Bishop Blesses The Land Dublin Issue (1942)

Titles read: “BISHOP BLESSES THE LAND“ (Dublin issue). Suffolk. At Kirken Lodge Farm we see various shots of the Bishop of St Edmonsbury and Ipswich holding a service, using a farm cart for a pulpit. A group of local people attend the ceremony. The Bishop’s procession moves out into the fields. The Bishop stops to speak to some land girls. Then he blesses the land so that “The earth may bring forth the increase the farmers have worked so hard for“. Commentator tells us that shortly after this item was filmed, rain fell. The crops had been in great need. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930